Film Showings for Celebrate the Sea

[bttmdwllr]

Please support CELEBRATE THE SEA. Lets make this event a success! Lets help Make the Philippines the Underwater imagery Capital of the World. Please go and attend this weekend Sept 21 to 23 the Photo exhibit, the film showings, the seminars at the Coconut Palace in Manila beside the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel.

Please see here below the schedule of Activites:

22 SEPT 22 CONFERENCE ROOM
10am Forum - Saving Our Seas With Underwater Imagery
does underwater imagery contribute to preservation to our coral reefs, endagered marine
animals? How can underwater Image makers contribute?
Jennifer Hayes, David Doubilet, Steve White, Brad Norman, Gunther Deichman
11am Forum - Celebrating Our Seas Of Diversity
Nature's Richest Realm
Mathiewu Meur, Scott Tuason, Philippe Poppe, Guido Poppe
12noon Forum - Preserving Our Sea Of Diversity
Nature's Richest Realm - the NGO, the local stake holders, the challenge,
Domingo G. Ochavillo PHD, Bryan Dias, Ferdie Mercelo, Guido Poppe
2pm Embracing Digital Underwater Photography (part1)
advanced techniques and applications; selecting pictures for competition
Michael Aw, Mathieu Meur, Scott Tuason
3pm How to Take The Thumbprint Out of Whalesharks
A presentation by Brad Norma, Rolex Laurete 2006

23 SEPT CONFERENCE ROOM
10am The Big Bold & Beautiful - a big animal presentation by Amous Nachoum
11am Embracing Digital Underwater Photography (part 2)
advanced techniques and applications; selecting pictures for competition
Michael Aw, Mathieu Meur, Scott Tuason
12noon Forum - Divers Are Said To Be The Best Ambassadors For Our Seas
How can Divers Help?
Domingo G. Ochavillo PHD, Bryan Dias, Ferdie Mercelo, Gunther Deichmann, Michael
Aw
2pm David Doubilet - Across The Pacific: The vast Blue Belt of the Pacific Ocean is Composed
of Wildly different undersea countries. We will Travel Across the Pacific Seascape
from the temperate Galapagos Islands to the teeming reefs of Indonesia. This is a show
that is not a portrait of an ocean but a photgraphic journey across the richest, most
diverse part of our Water Planet
3pm Emory Kristof - this is a special presentation by the discoverer of the Titanic and deep sea vents.
Dont miss this Special Treat.

22 SEPT COCONUT THEATRE - FILM FESTIVAL
10am Up Ice Down: Clown Struck: Together: Gregarious Life: Galapagos
11am Shark Feeding - the Trail: the 4 Seasons
12noon Ocean Nights
2pm David and Goliath
3pm Equator - River Of Sun
4pm Premiere - Sharkwater (Rob Stewart)

23SEPT COCONUT THEATRE - FILM FESTIVAL
10am Planet Earth Shallow Sea - BBC
Presentation of Celebrate the Sea 2007 - MERIT OF EXCELLENCE
winners (SILVER) - Feature & Short Documentary
11am Presentation of Celebrate The Sea 2007 - HONOR OF DISTICTION winners (BRONZE) -
Features & Short Documentary
12noon Premiere - Sharkwater (Rob Stewart)
2pm Equator - River of Sun
3pm Presentation of Celebrate The Sea 2007 - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT winners
(GOLD) - Features & Short Documentary

PLEASE ALSO DONT MISS THE PHOTOGALLERY EXHIBIT WHERE OVER 100 UNDERWATER PHOTOS WILL BE DISPLAYED

ALSO ON SATURDAY, ALMOST 50 CHILDREN WILL BE COMPETING IN AN ON THE SPOT PAINTING COMPETITION FOR THE AWARD OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE SHARKS. THEY THEM OF THE PAINTING IS "SAY NO TO SHARK FINNING"

Photogallery exhibit is free of charge. To attend the film showings and Forums, it is PHP500 for a day pass and PHP800 for the master pass which will allow to attend both days.

For more info, please see Celebrate the Sea Festival Asia Pacific

Lets support this event. Please invite your friends, family, relatives.

Cheers and Safe Diving!

Fernando de Achaval

 

[pakman]

Hope some of the PPD'ers will take the opportunity to attend. If I wasn't tied up this week, I would have love to have flown out for some these showings... David Doubilet, Scott Tuason, Michael Aw et al - that's an impressive list of presenters!! And go watch Sharkwater by Rob Stewart!

 

[jonix]

caloy's office is less than 10 minutes away. i hope i could drop by the place.

 

[shugar]

gonna be out of town (again)... damn! would have wanted to catch some of these...

Jag

 

[bttmdwllr]

It was really terrifix to have gutsy, michael, david and also emery kristof (th eguy who discovered the titanic) here. Better yet , bec o ftheir visit (first time for david, his asst Jen Hayes ) They are looking for opportunities to come back and feature the Philippines in Nat Geo .

The forums they conducted as well as the film showings were incredible. The next CTS will be moved to June of 2008 . The winners of the shoot out were Dr Alexy Stoyda of Russia ( a BIG BIG FAN of the Philippines ) Tony Ang of California and our own Jovic Santos.

See you next year!